Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Preview
  • House of Earth and Blood

  • Crescent City, Book 1
  • By: Sarah J. Maas
  • Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
  • Length: 27 hrs and 50 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (549 ratings)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

House of Earth and Blood

By: Sarah J. Maas
Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £36.99

Buy Now for £36.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Summary

Number one global bestselling author Sarah J. Maas launches her brand-new CRESCENT CITY series with House of Earth and Blood: the story of half-Fae and half-human Bryce Quinlan as she seeks revenge in a contemporary fantasy world of magic, danger, and searing romance.

Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life-working hard all day and partying all night - until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation. She'll do whatever it takes to avenge their deaths.

Hunt Athalar is a notorious Fallen angel, now enslaved to the Archangels he once attempted to overthrow. His brutal skills and incredible strength have been set to one purpose - to assassinate his boss' enemies, no questions asked. But with a demon wreaking havoc in the city, he's offered an irresistible deal: help Bryce find the murderer, and his freedom will be within reach.

As Bryce and Hunt dig deep into Crescent City's underbelly, they discover a dark power that threatens everything and everyone they hold dear, and they find, in each other, a blazing passion - one that could set them both free, if they'd only let it.

With unforgettable characters, sizzling romance, and pause-resisting suspense, this richly inventive new fantasy series by number one global bestselling author Sarah J. Maas delves into the heartache of loss, the price of freedom - and the power of love.

©2020 Sarah J. Maas (P)2019 Audible, Inc.
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

Listeners also enjoyed...

Fourth Wing (Part 2 of 2) (Dramatized Adaptation) cover art
Crescent City Fae: Complete Boxed Set (Books 1-3) cover art
The Serpent and the Wings of Night cover art
From Blood and Ash cover art
A Shadow in the Ember cover art
Zodiac Academy cover art
A Touch of Darkness cover art
The Book of Azrael cover art
Rhapsodic cover art

What listeners say about House of Earth and Blood

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    412
  • 4 Stars
    102
  • 3 Stars
    24
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    7
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    408
  • 4 Stars
    68
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    366
  • 4 Stars
    87
  • 3 Stars
    23
  • 2 Stars
    7
  • 1 Stars
    8

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Perfect 👌

I think it was brilliant. This is my new favorite book. Can’t wait for the next book! I listened to the whole thing in 2 days. ❤️❤️❤️

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic surprise!!

This book has all of the common elements of urban fantasy but none of the predictable twists. I read a lot of fantasy so there's not a lot I don't see coming. instead the build up towards the end is full of so many twists and surprises that I didn't expect that I'm definitely reading the next one in the series

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Amazing

Amazing story- and character building 😄 the narrator does a great job of making you feel the story and emotions. Cried several times.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

so much better then anything I hoped to hear

another gripping fantastic book by Sarah J maas can't believe she pulled it out of the bag again I just couldn't stop listening absolutely devoured this book can't wait to listen to the next one

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it! More than ToG actually:)

Great story and the action is very well developed. Elizabeth Evans is gold as narrator

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

so good

Its so good, the characters, the world building is incredible. It will have you sitting at the edge of your seat.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Entertaining

Great book. Took me a while to finally finish it, and the story gets progressively better the further in you get.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Spectacular

I am not a fan of detektive books witch this book feltlike sometimes and i lost interest on some of those parts. But the book is absolutely amazons and i cant imagine the work hours behind it! Like all of Sarah j maas books i wish the audiobooks would be read by A male narrator from de male caractors pow.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

I loved the book!

Loved the book, but would have liked there to be an actual male to read the male parts. But overall a very good performance and book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Couldnt put it down, LOVED IT (Spoiler Free review)

Absolutely loved this book, i finished it in two days because i couldn’t stop listening to it every waking hour since i got it.
One reason i loved this book is because it subverted a lot of my expectations, of course it does follow some classic YA romance tropes but overall the plot never felt overdone or redundant, instead taking these classic tropes and putting a fresh spin on them. This also goes for the characters, Yes they follow certain tropes but they are skillfully written to be morally grey characters who feel like actual people. Yes they are badass but they are also dealing with the trauma of their lives. They feel alive.
The most important thing for me to do in this review is contradicting others i’ve read here, one common thing i saw in the reviews that worried me when getting the book is people saying that the plot is messy and all over the place. And after listening to this book i definitely think people gravely misunderstand the book and the skillful writing that went in to it. The books plot is SOLID. However there are a lot of perspective shifts, Jumping between Bryce and Hunt, and considering they both are voiced by the same actress i can understand how it can become confusing if you aren’t paying attention. As what they say tells you whose perspective you are reading rather than an announcement at the beginning of each chapter as to who is “talking”. On top of this the author cleverly subverts expectations with multiple unbelievable plot-twists, in my opinion all of these are done amazingly, but i can see how someone who isn’t paying full attention to the book could easily get confused when the plot is turned on it’s head.

Overall i just think this book was another hit, and i definitely recommend picking it up.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful